Kinshasa/Addis Ababa, Sep 7 (IANS) Africa is witnessing an "upward trend" in mpox cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned as it launched a joint continental response plan with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Significant changes are unfolding in India’s food consumption pattern and the share of total household expenditure on food has declined substantially in rural and urban areas and across all states and union territories (UTs) since 1947, a government paper has revealed.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed a research work spotlighting the outcome of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in ushering in hygienic conditions in both rural and urban India, pivotal in checking infant mortality across the country.
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) After suspending the former and controversial Principal of R.G. Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh on Tuesday, the West Bengal health department seems to have started acting tough on his close confidants, against whom there are complaints from the state’s medical fraternity, especially junior doctors.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Centre has filed a plea before the Supreme Court seeking direction to the West Bengal government to extend full cooperation to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deputed at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a junior doctor was allegedly raped and murdered last month.
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) A prominent doctor’s body, the West Bengal Orthopedic Association (WBOA), on Tuesday, terminated the membership of Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Does your work keep you glued to screens for a longer period? Beware, coupled with no physical activity, it might take a toll on your brain's cognitive functions and lead to digital dementia, warned experts on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata "is barbarity expressed in extremity, shaming humanity", and not an "occasion to vie with each other", Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar said on Sunday.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The government on Saturday said that 10 new Ayush institutes will be opened in the next five years to expand the traditional medical system, allowing every citizen in the country to benefit from it.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Chicken pox vaccine can be effective against Mpox, the infectious disease, causing a deadly outbreak in Africa, according to a Professor at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
